I asked some of my friends who dwell in rolling homes one question: What did you gain by going tiny? When we tell people we are going tiny, the focus often shifts to loss. We did have to sell a lot of items to make this happen! The truth is, there is a lot to be gained by going tiny… Read More »Rolling Homes: What Did You Gain by Going Tiny
Skooly Conversion | Spray Foam Insulation We have another skooly update! The builder was kind enough to send more photos to us of the spray foam insulation. We were supposed to head up this weekend and check out the build. A tire issue on our Tahoe determined that would have to wait another weekend. All is well! I ended up… Read More »Skooly Conversion | Spray Foam Insulation
Today it is all about skoolie coffee and the different methods we have tried as we prepare for our journey. Whenever we have camped in the past, one of the hardest things for us to get right was the coffee. We tried Nature’s Coffee Kettle and didn’t hate it, but it isn’t intended for daily use. Once we decided to… Read More »Skoolie Coffee Options | We Live on a Bus
We have new photos from the skoolie build! We also have an update and a projected end date. Instead of January, we are probably looking at February. While that is a little disappointing, it all works out how it should. We will be in our skoolie before we know it! If you are new here, we have been keeping updates… Read More »Skoolie Build Timeline Part 4 | Electrical
Rolling Homes | 4 Reasons We Hired a Skoolie Builder We already talked about why our skooly was our top choice out of all the rolling homes. In the skoolie world, most people seem to opt for the DIY option. We considered it, but for several reasons we decided to hire a skoolie builder to make our dreams a reality.… Read More »Rolling Homes | 4 Reasons We Hired a Skoolie Builder
Our entire family read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up long before we told the boys we were moving onto a converted school bus. This was one of the many things we did to slowly prepare them for the changes that were coming to their lives. The boys both wrote opinion pieces on it when we finished as part of… Read More »The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The hardest part of embracing minimalism was taking a close look at the personal mementos we were hauling around on this Earth and determining which of them needed to go. The answer was that the bulk of them had to go if we were going to live tiny and embrace minimalism. Full Disclosure We have a storage unit. There are… Read More »Minimalism | Digitalize Your Keepsakes
We get asked a lot of questions about what items we chose for our skoolie conversion and why we chose them. We are posting a list here of items we have purchased for the actual build. Click on the item to be directed to the web site where we purchased it. ]Tools & Utilities DeWALT Lithium Drill Driver/Impact Combo Kit:… Read More »Skoolie Conversion Purchases
Removing School Bus Home Rust Since we never intended to do any of the demo on our school bus home, I wasn’t mentally prepared for what we would find when we lifted the flooring of our skoolie to expose the metal floor. So. Much. Rust. If I had spent any time at all looking at other buses that were at… Read More »Removing School Bus Home Rust
We started dreaming of the perfect skoolie floor plan before we even purchased a bus. Since that first plan, it has changed 2,351 times. That is just a rough estimate of course. The photo below is what we have settled on. That is, until our builder points out the 20 reasons why he doesn’t think it will work. Maybe he… Read More »Skoolie Floor Plan